Padma Shri

Six persons from Odisha will be honoured with the Padma awards this year. Sculptor Sudarshan Sahoo will receive the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award, in the field of art. The Padma Shri awardees include…

ONI Bureau: Eminent Writer and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik's sister Gita Mehta declines the Padma Shri Award conferred to her by the Government of India yesterday. In a press statement issued from New York, Mehta said, “I am deeply honoured…

ONI Bureau:  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s sister Gita Mehta will be awarded with Padma Shri. Other three personalities from Odisha will also be conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri award this year. Tea seller…

Doyen of Hindi poetry and legendary lyricist Gopal Das 'Neeraj' passed away at the All-India Medical Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Thursday. He was 94. He had been suffering from many old age-related ailments for the…

ONI Bureau:  Eminent Litterateur Chandrasekhar Rath breathed his last in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday while undergoing treatment. He was 89. Rath was selected for Padma Shri this year. The eminent litterateur has been…

ONI Bureau: Coming down heavily on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Odisha Government, acclaimed Filmmaker Sisir Mishra, who recently got 'Padma Shri', lamented that he never got what he deserved. "I have given everything to Odia…

ONI Bureau: The Modi Government always recognises the efforts and contribution of Odia people in the field of Art and Culture. Like last year, this year also, the Centre has chosen 5 Odias for the prestigious Padma Shri Award. Freedom…

ONI Bureau: The Centre has approved the list of 85 eminent personalities for the prestigious Padma Awards 2018. While 73 people will get Padma Shri, 3 get Padma Vibhushan and 9 get Padma Bhushan. The government deserves kudos for including…